Rangers assistant coach Tom Renney honestly believes his players are on the verge of something special.

“The guys are working really hard and have stuck with the new system,” Renney said. “When you look in a player’s eye you can see the sincerity. I really think that good things are ahead.”

Now that is certainly hard to believe, considering the past few years of failure and embarrassment, but Renney could be on to something.

Whenever the Rangers (10-10-5-2) have stuck to their coaches’ orders of getting the puck deep and not worrying about making a highlight pass, positive things have happened.

The perfect example has been the Bobby Holik-Alex Kovalev-Martin Rucinsky line, an unexpected trio that was thrown together on a whim. The combination of a bruiser, an unbelievable puck handler and a two-way finesse player has become the team’s biggest offensive threat.

“If we had four lines like that we wouldn’t be a .500 hockey club, that’s for sure,” Renney said. “That line has it all. They work the puck very well down low and all three can finish off the play. Every successful team needs a line like that one.”

And the Rangers will need them again tonight when the Canadiens (12-12-3-1) visit the Garden.